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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 7
Issue 5 (2002) pp 258-260
What is X? A Classroom Exercise
Adrián G. Lo Cascio and Raquel M. Cravero*
IQUIOS (Instituto de Química Orgánica de Síntesis),
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias
Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario,
Casilla de Correo 991, S2002LRK-Rosario, Argentina
Received June 10, 2002. Accepted August 3, 2002
Published online: 20 September 2002
Abstract. The last stage
of three-step synthetic sequence to obtain an alkylated Birch product
gave an unexpected and undesired product. From the discussion of all
the reactions involved rather than from the interpretation of NMR spectra,
the structure of the product X is elucidated.
Key Words: In the Classroom; organic chemistry; NMR; computers
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: jcravero@infovia.com.ar)
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Issue date: October
1, 2002
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